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Eastview, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Summit census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42732. The Survey maps it on the Summit quadrangle. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Eastview within Hardin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

17 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Eastview between 1999 and 2013, burning about 291 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1999Smoking201 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 June 2007Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 April 2009Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2013Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryEASTVIEW BARRENS FIRE
9 March 2010Smoking4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Eastview: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
No. 3 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Big Clifty Sandstone ExposureSilicaProspect
Eastview Abandoned Sandstone PitSilicaPast Producer
Railroad Overpass Sandstone OutcropSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Hardin County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastview in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2018Thunderstorm WindEastview$20,000The public reported structural damage at Highway 62 in Eastview.
January 2023Flash FloodEastview-Water observed over the roadway on the Western Kentucky Parkway between mile markers 122 and 127.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEastview-An off-duty NWS employee reported trees down across US 62 and Kentucky Highway 84.
May 2006HailEastview-Penny size hail fell along the Western Kentucky Parkway.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindEastview-Downed power lines reported due to downburst winds from a thunderstorm.
April 2011HailEastview-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindEastview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardin County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
White Mills Junction1.3 miles18
Summit1.9 miles18
Old Stephensburg2.6 miles18
White Mills2.6 miles18
Stephensburg3.2 miles18
Harcourt3.2 miles18
Star Mills4.1 miles14
Hansbrough4.6 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on EastviewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690346The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 491522. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.